Pavle Durisic

Pavle Durisic (9 July 1909-April 1945) was a Chetniks commander during World War II.

Biography
Pavle Durisic was born on 9 July 1909 in Podgorica, Principality of Montenegro, and in July 1941 he emerged as one of the leaders of the popular uprising against the Axis Powers in Yugoslavia as a leader of the Chetniks. He fought against the Royal Italian Army at first, but he later collaborated with Fascist Italy against the Yugoslav Partisans of Josip Broz Tito, and in 1943 he carried out massacres against Sunni Muslim Bosniaks in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Durisic took part in the Case White anti-partisan offensive, and he was granted assistance from Nazi Germany and the Government of National Salvation of Serbia during World War II. He was killed in the Battle of Lijevce Field on 30 March-8 April 1945 at the end of the war.